Videogame Diorama-Pokemon Example

You can make any video game diorama, today i choose a pokemon battle from FireRed version.

You will need:

- 8inx12in 3mm thick MDF wood

-Scissors

-X-acto knife

-Printer

-Glue

-Black frame

-Black paint spray

-Laser cut machine(i used K40 machine).

-Inkscape software

-K40 whisperer software

STEP 1-CHOOSE YOUR VIDEOGAME

Today i choose Pokemon FireRed,

This is what we will be working on.

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Go to https://www.spriters-resource.com to find the images of your video game.

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Then select the images you want to use, in my case i am going to choose Charizard and Mewtwo since are my favorite pokemons.

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On the same website i can find the icons and background of the game as well, i will use the battle background and icons.

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Now that we selected our images we go to inkscape software and make a frame of 460x380.

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Now we have to crop our images to select what we only need, so we are going to crop charizard, mewtwo, and the icons needed. I outline charizard and then Menu Object-Clip-Set. i repeated the same step for all my items.

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Once you clipped all your items, set the size you want for the picture.

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Then we proceed to laser cut the silhouette of each item we will use.

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After you have the laser cut shapes, i print out the pictures of your silhouettes on a sticker A4 size sheet, make sure you select A4 size and make sure they fit the same you have for the laser cut silhouettes.

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At this step we will use the exacto knife to cut the printed images.

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Next, place the stickers on the laser cut parts, and then glue the laser cut parts accordingly to the design desired.

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To make the frame I made the window 1 inch smaller that the background, but you can make it as you like., i designed on inkscape a simple frame ,laser cut it and glue it, no big issue there, or you can buy a black frame if preferred.

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